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Location:

Acton,MA,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K (PR) - 18:02 

10 mile - 1:06:01

Half-Marathon (PR) - 1:30:36

2016 Gate City Marathon (PR) - 3:09:44

Short-Term Running Goals:

BQ! - Got that monkey off my back.

Join a competitive running club

Long-Term Running Goals:

SUB 3 Marathon

Keep setting PR's as a middle of the pack Master.

Personal:

I am married with 2 daughters 12 & 14. 

 

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Inov-8 Roclite 295 Lifetime Miles: 121.92
Saucony Grid Type A2 Lifetime Miles: 156.64
Barefootski Lifetime Miles: 3.00
Mizuno Wave Rider (2) Lifetime Miles: 173.01
Saucony Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles: 978.82
Saucony Mirage 2 (gray) Lifetime Miles: 622.75
Saucony Kinvara 3 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 706.04
Saucony Kinvara 4 (red) Lifetime Miles: 631.89
Sketchers Go Run 2 Lifetime Miles: 236.30
Saucony Kinvara 4 (oj) Lifetime Miles: 680.17
Saucony Kinvara 5 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 683.21
Mirage 4 - Blk Wit Green Soul Lifetime Miles: 479.05
Saucony Fastwitch 6 - Red Lifetime Miles: 124.17
Saucony Kinvara 5 (green) Lifetime Miles: 414.96
Saucony Ride 7 - (blue) Lifetime Miles: 205.07
NB Boracay Lifetime Miles: 622.40
Race: Loon Mountain Race (7 Miles) 01:17:11, Place overall: 120
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.110.007.11

This is a picture of Eric Blake & Zach Miller.  You really get a good sense for how steep UPPER WALKING BOSS is.  Eric in the gray ended up finishing 3rd and Zach ended up in 4th...... top six make the US Mountain running team and go to Italy in September to race for the USA!

This race chewed me up and spit me out..... Halfway through, I vowed that I would never run it again.  Of course when it was over, I was thinking about next year.  Here's a picture of me on the final down before the UPPER WALKING BOSS.

Then bring the pain.  This section which is about one kilometer long, took me 21 minutes to power hike.  UPPER WALKING BOSS.....  Brutal.

You mean I have to climb up there?????  What the cuss!

One if front of the other..... My quads really hurt.

Inov-8 Roclite 295 Miles: 7.11
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 168.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 12:55:44 from 168.215.171.129

That really sounds terrible. 7 miles in 77 minutes sounds like light speed for a course like that, great job.

From Derunzo on Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 13:05:55 from 173.9.52.242

Joe Gray.... who is now living in CO won the race averaging 6:34 pace! He won the Mt. Washington road race a couple of weeks prior. That dude is an alien.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 14:28:04 from 168.215.171.129

6:34...Whaaaa? I retract my compliment then - you should've gone faster. I want to see you on that US mountain running team next year!

From Jake K on Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 09:32:01 from 199.190.170.29

Late to this party - but this is a (BRUTAL) cool race. Nice job!

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